Sialylation of lipooligosaccharide cores affects immunogenicity and serum resistance of Campylobacter jejuni

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6656-6662

  Guerry, Patricia ^a,c   Ewing, Cheryl P ^a   Hickey, Thomas E ^a   Prendergast, Martina M ^b   Moran, Anthony P ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE GM2; MANNOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIALYLATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FLAGELLIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OPEN READING FRAMES; RABBITS;

EID: 0034442692     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.6656-6662.2000     Document Type: Article

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